Peter Lawson
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I’m very happy with your work ethic, Lois. We get to experience a Penric story quite often, and very occasionally a Vorkosigan one. And a reread of your previous works is always a joy. Keep on doing what you do. When there’s another collection of Penric tales, I’ll get a signed copy from your local bookshop, as long as you’re still doing that? Regards from Melbourne, Oz, Peter
Lois McMaster Bujold
Glad you're still enjoying my work!
I'm not sure what will happen with further Penric collections. Sales started out well with the first volume, but the second was released May 2020 when all the bookstores were closing for Covid. The few sales figures I've seen for the 3rd volume did not look good. The mass market paperbacks of the first two are out of print, as is the hardcover of the third. It's kinda hard to build sales when there are no copies to sell. So while it's not ruled out, I'm not at all sure Baen could make a fourth collection work well for them. Eh, time will tell.
Ebooks, happily, avoid all these difficult market constraints.
Ta, L.
Glad you're still enjoying my work!
I'm not sure what will happen with further Penric collections. Sales started out well with the first volume, but the second was released May 2020 when all the bookstores were closing for Covid. The few sales figures I've seen for the 3rd volume did not look good. The mass market paperbacks of the first two are out of print, as is the hardcover of the third. It's kinda hard to build sales when there are no copies to sell. So while it's not ruled out, I'm not at all sure Baen could make a fourth collection work well for them. Eh, time will tell.
Ebooks, happily, avoid all these difficult market constraints.
Ta, L.
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Olga Khenkin
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I've recently read the Penric series and liked them a lot. Recommended them to my mom, who's also a fan, but reads only in Russian. That's how we discovered that there's no Russian translation for these books. Is the translation (and subsequent Russian edition) happening, or going to happen in the nearest future? And, if there are no plans for Russian yet, may I try to translate the first novella myself?
Talli Ruksas
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Just reread Hallowed Hunt cuz you said Inglis had a cameo. Tongue in cheek?
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